Once you realize what day it is you remember everything.
As I typed the date, I noticed the first 3 numbers, 911. How revealing to me that those three digits are our country's designated emergency number for our entire nation. Even more revealing to me, was noticing 91101 as a joining and ending of the date. 101. At the college level, any class with a 101 designation is indicative of a beginning course. A course which lays out the foundation for a new field of study. To me, 9/11/01 was just that---an introduction to international terrorism on our own soil. An entirely new curriculum would need to be developed.
While pondering the depth of all of that, I turned on the news for a Hurricane Irma update
Our country was remembering 9/11 and at 7:45 CST (8:45 EST) I saw everyone together observing a moment of silence.
Many prayer positions were noted. Heads bowed. Eyes lifted. Tears streaming. Hands clasped.
My mouth was mute but my heart was racing lifting prayers of comfort for families of victims and "healing" prayers for our country, even today---16 years later.
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Corinthians 7:14)
Choosing a moment of silence in prayer for our nation and its people is a valuable way to begin one's day.
